If you want to attract positive people and experiences into your daily life, you must focus on being present and in the moment.
This is not easy for adults. We have checklists to fulfill. That's forward-thinking, or looking into the future. We also have comparisons to make and experiences to draw from. "When I did X, Y happened. So if I want Y to happen again, I'd better do X."
As you can see, we've trained our minds to be constantly shifting back and forth from the past to the future and back again. Technology heightens this state of mind even more intensely. We have tons of pictures to constantly look at on our social media accounts - to see what we did, and also see what other people did.
And we have messages coming in from people we know, and also people whom we have no idea who they are (think marketing emails), giving us ideas about what we should be doing and plans that we should be making. And for some odd reason, we often take the advice!
This type of thinking adds a lot of stress to our lives. It makes us anxious to move on to the next thing. Or, when we need a break from whatever we're doing, maybe we go backward into a reflection of the past, which can also bring us anxiety if the experience was unpleasant, or if it puts us into a cycle of "Oh, I shouldn't be thinking about this enjoyable experience that I had because now I've fallen behind with what I was supposed to be accomplishing."
Retrain Your Brain to Think Like a Child
Kids don't seem to have a sense of time, and as adults, this bothers us. It seems like we always have to hurry them along to the next thing on our list.
But do you know what? This mental talent of being able to stay in the present moment is what makes a child's mind so free and full of joy.
If we could return to the way our brains perceived the world when we were young and innocent… we could create a profound connection with our own children.
So, can we do this? It would take a lot of concerted effort. But imagine what joys we might come to know if we were able to focus our entire being and all of our sensory faculties, on just ONE experience.
How long could we extend the moment if we did that?
What types of observations might we make if we could linger in the deliciousness of the present moment?
¨ Would we laugh more? Think more? Worry less? Breathe more deeply?
¨ Would our minds open up to different ways of thinking?
¨ Would our children take us on a wild journey of imagination?
¨ Would we see things in a more clear and more honest way, without criticism or judgment?
¨ Would we be able to see into people's souls just by looking at them?
¨ Would we have more appreciation for the simple pleasures of this world?
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